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Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

·December 13, 2024·3 min read

Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Dumont said many people have been displaced multiple times, and that families are living either in tents or in the rubble of collapsed buildings, with no access to electricity or running water. The text has been edited for length and clarity. UN News: How do you...

Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation

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·November 13, 2023·3 min read

The UN’s health agency WHO said on Sunday night that according to the Gaza health authorities, 37 premature babies at the hospital were relocated over the weekend to an operating room without their incubators, with health workers trying to heat the room. According to the latest media reports on Monday,...

Cyclone Mocha leaves ‘trail of devastation’ in Myanmar

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·May 16, 2023·3 min read

OCHA said that communities there had spent the day cleaning up, and counting the cost of the storm, categorized as Extremely Severe, when it smashed into Myanmar’s western states and regions on Sunday, with guests as strong as 250km per hour – continuing to lash some areas the day after, with heavy...

Rebooting memories of life before the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima

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·March 20, 2023·3 min read

Only a few survivors of the World War Two Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings are still alive to share their memories. Acutely aware that she is part of the last generation to be able to talk directly to the hibakusha – those who survived the Hiroshima nuclear bomb – Anju...